July 29, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Looks like Sprint EVO 4G owners may be getting their 2.2 update sooner than anyone expected. Although nothing is set in stone about this leak, Engadget got a hold of an internal Sprint update release plan and feature list and according to it Android 2.2 will start to be pushed out tomorrow (7/30/10) for HTC EVO owners.
What’s interesting about this update is that it isn’t just the improvements…
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July 29, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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A month ago, Aldiko stood alone as one of the only usable Android apps that provided an ereading experience. Since then, the big names in the book distribution market – Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Border…
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July 29, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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HTC is diving head first into the mobile phone market in China, and it’s doing it with phones running a Froyo-based version of Sense. The Chinese HTC website says that the Desire will launch with Android 2…
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July 29, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Korea has been known to get some pretty sweet tech and the announcement of the the new LG Optimus Z Android phone just adds to the bunch. LG announced today that the Optimus Z will be available in Korea for SK Teleco…
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July 29, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Hey there, Android fans. You may wake-up this morning to discover that there’s an allegedly rogue application in the Android Market that is stealing people’s data when installed. According to a…
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July 29, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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It’s unlikely that will get a car as cool as KITT from Night Rider in our lifetime, so we’ll just have to settle for the next best thing. Viper SmartStart is a new Android app that can control a car by in…
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July 28, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Here is how a CEO talks to the Wall Street Journal when he wants his company’s stock pumped up. Today, Eric Schmidt was quoted saying,
“If we have a billion people using Android, you think we can’t ma…
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July 28, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The war between fashion and function rages on in Pulse News Reader, a popular iPad and iPhone app that is now available on Android. While Pulse is a news reader that is much easier on the eyes thanks to a less conventional design for mobile news readers, it lacks the core function of being an adequate mobile news reader for many.
Available for $1.99, Pulse takes the feeds of websites that you read religiously,…
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July 28, 2010 | by Jorge Parrales
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If you have yet to discover the addictive game of Bistro Cook, get ready to put on your digital apron and go download this application from the Android Market. The concept is simple, the game play is straightforw…
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July 28, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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What a difference a phone makes. Despite three years of stagnation and net decline in its subscriber base, Sprint has finally had a period of growth. The carrier announced today that in Q2 2010, it gained approx…
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July 28, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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If you DROID Incredible users have been waiting patiently for a 2.2 Android update, especially one that works, it looks like your wait may be over. That is if you have the latest leaked baseband update and are roo…
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July 27, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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There is still yet to be any word of a official release date, but Dell has made the official prices available for the monstrous Dell Streak. The United States landing of Dell smartphones is about to commence in a b…
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July 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The list of streaming radio services grows with each passing day, but there are a few hidden gems in the heap, and Grooveshark is one of the lesser-known services worth considering. The company’s $3 per month An…
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July 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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In my day, you had to block off several minutes of your day, carefully read long explanations, and manually enter code in order to obtain root access to your phone. Today, all it takes is plugging in your phone and running a program.
The folks over at AllDroid have built a program that can obtain root access to the Droid X in one click. All it takes is downloading the GUI program for Windows, turning on USB Debugg…
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July 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Android currently has copy-protection services designed to prevent unauthorized use of applications, but that hasn’t stopped people from cracking those protections and distributing pirated apps…
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July 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google does things exceptionally well. Usually.
The Android Market is not one of those exceptional cases, evidenced by the problems faced by PSX4Droid customers unable to download the app from the Android Ma…
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